[Event "El Pais sim"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 0-0 11. Bg5 Re8 12. c3 Bf5 13. Nfd4 Bd7 14. Bf1 Rc8 15. Bh4 Ne5 16. Bg3 f6 17. Nd2 Bb8 18. Qb3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Qa5 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. Qb1 a6 22. N2f3 Bg4 23. Be2 Bh5 24. Nxe5 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 fxe5 26. Bxe5 Nc6 27. Bxb8 Nxd4 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Ba7 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 b6 1-0

[Event "Aniv Fund Prog op"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aguilar, David"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ne5 Rad8 13. Nxd7 Ncxd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Be5 Qe6 17. Bd4 b6 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Nc3 Nfe4 21. h3 f5 22. Bb5 Qd6 23. Qe2 Ne6 24. f4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Qe6 27. Qf3 Rfd8 28. Kh2 Bf6 29. Rd3 Kh8 30. Rcd1 h6 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxc3 33. Rd7 Rc8 34. a4 a6 35. Qb7 0-1

[Event "Merida op"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arias, Jose Enrique"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bc4 c6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 0-0 11. h3 Nd7 12. Qd2 c5 13. 0-0 Bg7 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Rfe1 c4 17. Ba2 Nb6 18. b3 c3 19. Qd3 e6 20. Qb5 Ra8 21. d5 1-0

[Event "Aniv Fund Prog op"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Alayola Montanez, Jose Enrique"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. b3 e5 10. d5 Re8 11. e4 Nh5 12. Nf1 Nf4 13. Bc2 Nf8 14. Ng3 Bf6 15. Nf5 Bc8 16. Rb1 g6 17. Ng3 Bg4 18. Nf1 h5 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. Qd2 Nh7 21. Kh1 Bg7 22. Ng1 Bh6 23. Qc3 Nf6 24. Ne2 Kh7 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. g3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Ng4 28. Qd2 Qf6 29. Rf1 Qg7 30. f4 f6 31. f5 c5 32. Qd1 Rh8 33. h3 Nh6 0-1

[Event "Aniv Fund Prog op"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Cruz, Jose Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Ne5 Nbd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nd2 Bb7 9. Ndf3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Ne4 11. Qh5 0-0 12. 0-0 f5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Qh3 Nxg4 15. Nxg4 Rf7 16. Ne5 Rf6 17. Rf3 Bd6 18. Bd2 Rh6 19. Qg2 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qe7 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Rg1 Rg8 23. Be1 g5 24. Rh3 Rhg6 25. Rh5 R6g7 26. Rh6 cxd4 27. exd4 Bc6 28. Qe2 Qf8 29. Rxe6 Bd7 30. Rf6 Rf7 31. Rd6 Bc8 32. Qh5 Bb7 33. Rxg5 Rxg5 34. Qxg5 f4 35. Rd8 f3 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Merida op2"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Green, Irak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 e6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 e5 9. e4 Qc7 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 13. Rh4 h6 14. cxd4 c4 15. Bc2 Nxd5 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Rxh6 Bf4 18. Rh4 Nf6 19. g3 Bd6 20. Qd2 Re8 21. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Merida op2"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Huertas Soris, Ramon Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 Be6 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Na5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Be3 Bxc4 15. Bg4 e6 16. Na4 b6 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Nb2 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qc2 Nc6 21. Rad1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nd3 Qf5 24. Qe2 Bc3 25. Rf1 Rd5 26. Ne1 Rfd8 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Nf3 Qd3 29. Qxd3 Rxd3 30. h3 b5 31. Rc1 b4 32. Kf1 e5 33. Ke2 e4 34. Ng5 f5 35. Ne6 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Merida op2"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Pat, Silverio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 a6 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 Ngf6 8. b3 c5 9. d5 e5 10. Nh4 g5 11. Nf5 Kf8 12. a3 Nb6 13. Re1 Bxf5 14. exf5 Ne8 15. Ne4 f6 16. Be2 Ng7 17. Ng3 a5 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. Bd2 b6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Kg8 22. Bd3 Nf8 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 Kg7 25. Re3 Rh7 26. Rbe1 Qe8 27. Qg4 h5 28. Qd1 Nd7 29. b5 Kh8 30. Re4 Qf7 31. Qc2 g4 32. Qd1 Rg8 33. Qa4 Qe8 34. Ra1 h4 35. Re3 g3 36. fxg3 hxg3 37. h3 Bf8 38. Be2 Bh6 39. Qb3 Bxe3+ 40. Qxe3 Qf7 41. Ra7 Qg7 42. Bg4 Qg5 43. Qe2 Qh4 44. Bf3 Nf8 45. Ra6 Rb7 46. Bh5 Nh7 47. Bg6 Ng5 48. Ra3 Nxh3+ 49. gxh3 Qxh3 50. Qh5+ Qxh5 51. Bxh5 Rbg7 52. Kg2 Rg5 53. Bxg5 Rxg5 54. Bg6 e4 55. Rxg3 Kg7 56. Kf2 Rxg3 57. Kxg3 e3 58. Kf3 e2 59. Kxe2 Kh6 60. Kf3 Kg5 61. Kg3 Kh6 62. Kh4 Kg7 63. Kh5 Kg8 64. Kh6 Kh8 65. Bh5 Kg8 66. Kg6 Kf8 67. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "Merida op"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Quinonez Centeno, Carlos David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 Re8 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 g6 14. Bc2 f6 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Qf3 e5 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Qf6 exd4 19. Bb3+ Be6 20. Bxe6+ Rxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Bh6 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Qe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "Aniv Fund Prog op"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Romero, Ricardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 0-0 5. e3 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 c6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Ng5 Nc5 11. Bc2 f6 12. Nf3 f5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Qc1 f4 15. a3 Nb3 16. Bxb3 Qxb3 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. f3 Bf6 19. h4 Ng7 20. Nf1 Nh5 21. Qd2 Qd8 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. 0-0-0 c5 24. Ne2 a6 25. Qd3 b5 26. g4 fxg3 27. Nfxg3 bxc4 28. Qe3 Nf4 29. Rdg1 Rb8 30. Nf5 Nd3+ 31. Kd1 Rxb2 32. Qh6 Rxf5 33. Rxg6+ hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Qh6+ Ke8 36. Qg6+ Kd7 37. exf5 0-1

[Event "Merida op"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Villalobos, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 e6 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Nd2 Nbd7 6. Ndf3 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Qe7 8. h4 Ng4 9. Bg5 Nxf2 10. Kxf2 Qd6 11. e3 Be7 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxh8+ Bf8 15. Qg8 Qb6 16. Qxg6+ Kd7 17. Qf7+ Be7 18. Qxe7+ Kc6 19. Qc5+ Kd7 20. Bb5+ c6 21. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Merida op2"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cardena, Manuel"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 a6 6. e5 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. Nb3 Nge7 11. Bd3 b6 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. Bd2 Nb8 14. a4 Bc8 15. a5 Nd7 16. axb6 Bxb6 17. Nc5 a5 18. Qa4 0-0 19. Ng5 Ng6 20. Ngxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Qe7 22. Nxf8 Ngxf8 23. bxa5 Ne6 24. Bc3 Nf4 25. Qc6 Rb8 26. axb6 Nxd3 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Ra8 Rxa8 29. Qxa8 Nxb6 30. Qc6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Bxe6 32. Rb1 Nd7 33. Rb7 Nf4 34. Ra7 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Nxc3 36. Ra8+ Bg8 37. e6 Nf6 38. e7 g6 39. e8Q Nxe8 40. Rxe8 Kg7 41. f3 Bd5 42. Rc8 Na4 43. Ke2 h5 44. h4 Kf6 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Rc8 Nb2 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Rb8 Nd1+ 49. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida op2"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leon, Hector"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Bb4 9. c5 Qa5 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Bb1 0-0 14. Nh4 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. f4 b6 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. g4 Ne4 19. Rb2 bxc5 20. dxc5 Rfb8 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Nf3 Qa3 23. Re1 Rb2 24. Qd3 Qxc5 25. g5 h5 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Nc3 28. Qd3 Nxb1 29. Qxb1 Qxe3+ 30. Kg2 Qb6 31. Qa1 Bc8 32. Kg3 c5 33. a4 a5 34. Qe5 Qc6 35. Nh4 c4 36. g6 f5 0-1

[Event "Merida op"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quinones, Oscar Carillo"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. Nb5 Nfg4 13. Bxa7 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 b6 15. N3d4 Ne5 16. Qc3 Ba6 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qg3 Re8 19. f4 Bh4 20. Qh3 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Nc6 22. f5 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 e5 24. Nf3 Ra8 25. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 26. Kh1 f6 27. g4 Qb4 28. g5 fxg5 29. Rg1 h6 30. c3 Qxe4 31. Rg4 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Bf1+ 33. Kg3 Bxh3 34. Kxh3 Qd3 35. Kg3 e4 0-1

[Event "Merida op"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rendon, Jose L"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Re1 e5 9. e4 0-0 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Bxh7+ Kf8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bc2 b5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 bxc4 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qf6 19. Qe4 Re6 20. Qxc4 Bb6 21. Bb3 Re7 22. Qe4 Rc8 23. Rf1 Qg5 24. Rf3 Rcc7 25. Raf1 g6 26. Ba4 Na5 27. h4 Qh6 28. Bc2 Kg7 29. h5 Re6 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Rh3 Qg5 32. Qa8 Rf6 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Rxf6+ Qxf6 35. Rf3 0-1

[Event "Merida op"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valencia, S Javier"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Qe2 d5 7. Bd3 Nd6 8. Re1 Nc6 9. c3 0-0 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Ne5 Na5 13. b4 Nac4 14. Ndxc4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Rc8 17. Re2 c6 18. Rae1 Rc7 19. Bf4 Rf8 20. Nxd6 exd6 21. c4 Rd7 22. d5 Qh4 23. Qg3 Qd8 24. a3 a6 25. h3 c5 26. Bd2 b5 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Bc3 Bh6 29. Qf3 cxb4 30. axb4 Ra7 31. Qf6 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Rc8 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Bf8 35. Rb8 Ra3 36. Be7 Rd3 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rd8 Rxd5 39. Rxd6 Rf5 40. Rb6 h5 41. Bc5 Rd5 42. Rxb5 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Rb1 44. Rb8 Rc1 45. Bd4+ Kh6 46. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Merida op1"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alayola Montanez, Jose Enrique"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Nb3 b5 10. f4 0-0 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. g4 Rb8 13. Qe1 Qc8 14. Qh4 Nb4 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg4 e6 18. Rf3 Nc5 19. Rh3 Re8 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Nd5 Ne7 23. Nf6 Qc6 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Bf3 Qc7 26. b3 c4 27. Qh4 b4 28. Qf2 c3 29. Rd1 a5 30. Bg2 Nc6 31. Bc5+ Kg8 32. Qh4 Ne7 33. Qf2 Nc6 34. Rhd3 Bc8 35. Bb6 Qe7 36. Qc5 Qb7 37. e5 Qe7 38. Bxc6 Bf8 39. Qxe7 Rxe7 40. Rd8 Ba6 41. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Merida op2"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Bolio, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. Bc2 b6 14. h4 h5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Nf3 e5 17. g3 exf4 18. exf4 Re8 19. Qxe7 Rxe7+ 20. Kd2 Ba6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Re8 26. e6 f5 27. Re5 Ke7 28. Rxd5 Kxe6 29. Rd3 Bxd3 30. Bxd3 Kf6 31. Kc2 Re3 0-1

[Event "Merida op1"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Estrella, Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 b6 9. Qe1 Nc6 10. Qh4 Bh5 11. Ne4 h6 12. Ng3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 cxd4 14. exd4 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Bxe4 Rd1+ 19. Kf2 exf4 20. Bxc6 g5 21. Ba4 Rd6 22. g3 fxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rfd8 24. Bb3 Rf6 25. Be3 Rxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Kf8 27. Rf1 Ke8 28. Kg4 Rd6 29. Rxf7 Rd7 30. Rf5 Re7 31. Ba4+ Kd8 32. Rd5+ Kc8 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Re3 35. Be8 Rxe8 36. Rd6 Kc7 37. Rxh6 Re2 38. Kxg5 Rxb2 39. g4 Rxa2 40. Kg6 a5 41. Kf6 Rf2+ 42. Ke7 a4 43. Rh1 Rg2 44. g5 Rxg5 45. Ra1 Re5+ 46. Kf6 Kd6 47. Rxa4 Re6+ 48. Kf5 Re5+ 49. Kf4 Ra5 50. Rb4 b5 51. Ke3 Kc5 52. Rf4 Ra4 53. Rd4 b4 54. Rxb4 Rxb4 55. cxb4+ Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Merida op2"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balam, Hugo"]
[Black "Morales, Warner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Qc2 h6 5. Nbd2 Qf6 6. e3 e5 7. Bb5 Bf5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 0-0-0 10. 0-0 Qg6 11. Nh4 Qg4 12. Nxf5 Qxf5 13. Nd6+ Rxd6 14. Qxf5+ Rd7 15. Re1 g6 16. Qf3 Nge7 17. dxe5 a6 18. Bf1 Nf5 19. g3 Be7 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Qxc6 Rhd8 22. Qa8# 1-0

[Event "Merida op1"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Casares Cabanas, Carlos"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Be2 a6 10. d3 Re8 11. 0-0 Ng4 12. g3 Bc7 13. Qc2 d4 14. exd4 cxd4 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. Nfg5 Nge5 17. Rad1 h6 18. Nf3 Bh3 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Bc1 Ng4 21. Qd2 Nce5 22. Bb2 f5 23. Bxd4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxd4 25. Nc3 Bb6 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Nxf2 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Rf1 Nd1+ 30. Kh1 Qg1+ 31. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1

[Event "Merida op2"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pacheco, Froylan"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e5 Be7 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. 0-0 a6 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 c4 12. Bc2 f5 13. Nf4 Nf8 14. Nh5 Ng6 15. Nxg7+ Kd7 16. a4 h5 17. a5 Qg8 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bxf5+ Kd8 20. e6 Nf4 21. g3 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Re1 h4 24. Re5 Nf4 25. Kh1 Nd3 26. Re2 hxg3 27. fxg3 Qxg3 28. Rg2 Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Qf1 Qxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rf8 32. h3 Kc7 33. Re1 Rxf3 34. Rxe7+ Kc6 35. Kg2 Raf8 36. Re6+ Kd7 37. Re2 Rd3 38. Re5 Rff3 39. Rxd5+ Ke6 40. Rh5 Rg3+ 41. Kh2 Kf6 42. d5 Rge3 0-1

[Event "Merida op2"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suarez P, Santiago"]
[Black "Balam, Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nbd2 Nb4 10. Be2 Re8 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Kh1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qh5 Qd4 19. Nf3 Qg7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qg4 22. Qxg4+ fxg4 23. Rf6 Kg7 24. Raf1 Re7 25. Kg1 Bb7 26. Bxh7 Rh8 27. Bd3 Rh5 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rf4 Rg5 30. Kf2 Rh8 31. Kg3 Rgh5 32. Ref1 Rf8 33. Rxg4+ Kh8 34. Rf6 Bc6 35. h4 Be8 36. Kf4 Rg8 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. g3 Kg7 39. Be2 Rh6 40. Rxh6 Kxh6 41. g4 Bc6 42. g5+ Kg7 43. h5 d4 44. Bd3 Bg2 45. h6+ Kh8 46. b4 1-0

